Opera Mini Coming To Multiple Platforms And Handsets, Including iPhone

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It’s fair to say since the introduction of the iPhone, mobile Safari has had a tough time with users. From the intermittent crashing issues back on firmware 1.1.3 to lack of caching of pages in tab view, people quickly felt that they needed a replacement, one which would more over mirror that of their desktop browser on their Mac or PC.

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It's a trap!

If Apple rejects it's application, Opera will complain about a monopoly to the EU with some words about a closed system intentionally preventing competition and... Stop me if you've heard this before.

Theoretically, if they got in bed with Adobe and included flash support, Apple is going to have a real problem on it's hands.

This is Opera Mini, not Opera Mobile, and these kind of transcoding services for low power, or low bandwith, use are generally, though not necessarily, incompatible with Flash.

Lets hope that Apple will allow users to choose their browser on the iPhone.

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